The Hill
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.38 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1772780022 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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And, really, it’s impossible to stop reading to see if anyone gets eaten. (The National Reading Campaign)Bildungsroman abounds; Empathy is actualized; And Diversity is embraced. (Book News)The writing is descriptive and fast-paced, with an impending sense of dread overshadowing everything as the boys try to outrun and outwit the Wîhtiko. The Hill is an interesting and unique addition to the ever-expanding body of teenaged wilderness survival novels the added elements of Cree traditional beliefs and cross-cultural tensions help Bass establish her own niche within this field. (The Globe and Mail)Through a fantastical, yet modern and timely tale, Bass shows how the power of circumstance can bond even the most stubborn with life-changing results. A survival and buddy story w
And worst of all, something is hunting them. Karen Bass, the multi-award-winning author of Graffiti Knight and Uncertain Soldier, brings her signature action packed style to a chilling new subject: the Cree Wîhtiko legend. Inspired by the real story of a remote plane crash and by the legends of her Cree friends and neighbours, Karen brings eerie lifeor perhaps something other than lifeto the northern Alberta landscape in The Hill.. In fact, things seem very wrong. When Jared insists on hiking up the highest hill in search of cell phone reception, Kyle hesitates; his Cree grandmother has always forbidden him to go near it. Jared’s plane has crashed in the Alberta wilderness, and Kyle is first on the scene. After a night spent on the hilltopwith no cell servicethe teens discover something odd: the plane has disappeared. Nothing in the forest surrounding them seems right. There’s no stopping Jared, though, so Kyle reluctantly follows
Karen Bass is a multi-award-winning author of novels for young adult readers. . A former library manager, Karen lives and writes in Hythe, Alberta. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature, and the CAA Exporting Alberta Award. Graffiti Knight won the CLA Young Adult Book Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, the R
Action packed awesome lore and legend Jared, a spoiled rich kid, plane crashes in the wilderness. When he insists on hiking up a hill to try and get a cell signal, that Kyle, a Cree, has told him his grandmother has forbidden him to go near. Jared goes anyways believing it is just Cree superstition, and Kyle reluctantly follows. Soon both boys find th. Noveltalk said Seeking a fresh survival story? “The Hill” is here.. How many times have you heard, “I’m looking for something like ‘Hatchet’?” Confidently suggest THE HILL. An entitled teen traverses from tragedy triumph with an action-packed survival tale based on a Cree Legend. While HATCHET explores man-vs-self and man-vs-nature themes, THE HILL fo